About the Author
Acclaimed science fiction writer Harry Harrison was born in Stamford Connecticut in 1925. After serving in the military as a gunnery instructor during World War II, he attended art school and spent years working as an artist and illustrator in New York City. When he began his writing career, he found he needed a change of scenery and moved to Mexico with his wife and child. Harrison's propensity for itinerancy took the family to England, Italy and Denmark, among other places. During the course of his writing career he published over forty novels including the West of Eden trilogy, the popular Stainless Steel Rat series, Make Room! Make Room! and the graphic novel Death World. His novels have been translated into over twenty five languages, and in 1973 he was honored with the Nebula Award. Harry Harrison lives in Ireland.